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Pick 5 · draw

Thursday, 21 May 2026

ResultPick 5

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 11
  4. 22
  5. 23

Jackpot$380,000

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules5/40 · since Aug 2023draw 1,009 of 1,158 under them

← 2026-05-20All recent draws2026-05-22 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:49 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 9 11 22 2329 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 21 May 2026 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

40oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 40 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 22% of every possible ticket.

  • sum12th
  • odd66th
  • low66th
  • widest gap31th
  • neighbours96th
  • spread5th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 126 of each

8147times
9126times
11123times
22126times
23

Prize breakdown · 2026-05-21

  • Lines in play≈ 128kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$28.2Kto 14k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 9lines took a prize
  • Match 50 winnerschance said 0.19

Where the money went

  • Match 462%$17.5K
  • Match 338%$10.7K
Tier1101001k10k100kWinners1101001k10k100k1MPrize each
  1. Match 50≈ 0.19 by chance$370,000
  2. Match 4

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115times

Every number was expected about that many times after 1,008 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 4 of 5 numbers (8, 11, 22, 23) with the draw of 16 March 2024 — its closest relative in 1,008 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 24% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (20 May 2026): nothing carried over. Chance says 51% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

73

The numbers add up to 73 — the 11th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 103. Side-by-side numbers: 8–9, 22–23. 43% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

11 had not appeared for 33 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 2.6× as often as an average ticket — more popular than most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 1% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
35≈ 34 by chance
$500
  • Match 31,188≈ 1.2k by chance$9.00
  • Match 212,684≈ 13k by chance—
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈128k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 1,188 winners, 3% more than the 1.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 50$370,000
    Match 435$500
    Match 31,188$9.00
    Match 212,684$0.00
    Totals13,907—